The 22nd meeting of Nordic-Baltic Rural Networks will be held on 21-22 January 2020 in Estonia.

The first day will be held in Padise manor, Padise, Harju county (about 50km from Tallinn). The second day will be held in Tallinn University of Technology Innovation- and entrepreneurship centre Mektory, room "Logistikalabor" (Raja 15, Tallinn).

Estonian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish and Finnish Rural Network representatives will participate of this meeting. During the second day also the representatives of EIP-AGRI Service Point, Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs and other organizations interested in innovation topics.

The main topic of the meeting is promoting innovation activities.

See the event photos HERE

Venue: Padise manor, Padise, Harju county TUESDAY 21 January 2020 I day of Meeting - Overview of current activities from Member States
11.00	Gathering participants from Tallinn's airport, old-town and D-terminal
11.10 - 12.00	Car-drive towards Padise
12.00 - 13.00	Check-in to hotel, free time
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.15	Introduction of the day and participants
14.15 - 17.00	Current activities, upcoming events and other topics by each member state Estonian NRN presentation  Swedish NRN presentation Finnish NRN presentation Latvia, Poland and Scotland had a verbal presentation Coffee break Discussion
18.00 - 19.00	Visiting Padise Monastery ruins - hosted by Mr Raul Rosenberg
19.00	Dinner
Venue: Innovation- and entrepreneurship centre Mektory, room "Logistikalabor" (Raja 15, Tallinn) WEDNESDAY 22 January 2020 II day of Meeting - Innovation Seminar
7.30	Departure from Padise manor towards Tallinn by cars
8.45 - 9.15	Gathering and welcoming coffee
9.15 - 9.40	Introduction of the day and participants
9.40 - 10.40	Presentation "Rural Innovation Support Service in Scotland - evolution, lessons learnt & forward look" & questions Mr Alistair Prior, Scottish Rural Network
10.40 - 12.10	Short presentations about promoting innovation activities by all NRNs (about 15 min for each presentation) Estonian NRN presentation Swedish NRN presentation Finnish NRN presentation Latvian NRN presentation Polish NRN presentation Coffee and energy break during the presentations
12.10 - 12.30	Presentation of EIP-AGRI Service Point Ms Willemine Brinkman, EIP-AGRI Service Point
12.30 - 13.30	Discussion
13.30 - 14.20	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Optional visit of the Centre of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK) (address: Akadeemia tee 15a, Tallinn) - hosted by Mr Rain Kuldjärv

 More information: Helene Kõiv, helene.koiv@pmk.agri.ee, +372 56 225 141

Some previous Nordic-Baltic Rural Networks' meetings of this programming period on our website:

• 19.09.2018 - 20th Meeting of Nordic-Baltic Rural Networks in Estonia
• 19.03.2018 - 19th Meeting of Nordic-Baltic Rural Networks in Germany
• 18.-19.03.2015 - 13th Meeting of Nordic-Baltic Rural Networks in Estonia